voicetesting, muse is reluctant

[lucanus]

Surely you knew beforehand that you should not expect to hear much from me, woman. I won't have you send me to one of these "games" either.

....

I have nothing more to say to you, away from me.

Comments

[giancarlo]

You have something to fight for if you're a warrior though, don't you?

[lucanus]

I fight to better my skills with the sword and on Khan Basilio's orders. Nothing so romanticized as you may be imagining.

[giancarlo]

You have your reasons for taking orders, right?

[lucanus]

I pledge my loyalty to him because he has treated me well and himself is a warrior whose strength I aspire to match. It is only natural I fight who and where he instructs me to fight.

[giancarlo]

Ah hah! So you're a total softie.

[lucanus]

What? What part of what I said caused you to come to that conclusion!?

[giancarlo]

"I pledge my loyalty to him, I aspire to be like him because he treated me well", such and such.

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[lucanus]

Th-that is not what I said!
[Give him a moment to compose himself oops.]

[lucanus]

... All warriors should aspire to better themselves, and since his skills exceed my own, aspiring to match him is just common sense. That is all. I do not wish to be like him in any sense beyond skill on the field of combat. How he has treated me is a separate fact entirely. Do not twist my words.

[giancarlo]

Uh huh. I can see right through you. So you're cold on the outside, but warm on the inside?

[lucanus]

... Why are you so intent on insisting this is the case?

[giancarlo]

...'Cause it's kinda fun.

[lucanus]

You'll cease trying to amuse yourself at my expense if you enjoy how all your limbs are currently attached to your body.

[giancarlo]

If you're threatening to tear my arms or legs off, I'm used to that.

[lucanus]

If you're used to being threatened shouldn't you consider that there is an issue with your behavior?

[giancarlo]

Nope! My position in my family brings danger on a daily basis so I'm used to it. With or without my behavior, I'd still get death threats.

[lucanus]

... I suppose that is one way of looking at that sort of situation.

[giancarlo]

Isn't it better to have a positive attitude about that kinda stuff? I'm not in prison anymore, so that's a plus.

[lucanus]

I suppose. Where I'm from you'd be expected to take on all those who aim to take your life, so I don't really know how one would go about simply ignoring them.

[giancarlo]

Hahahaha, I never said they weren't taken care of. There's just a steady flow of people out to get me.

[lucanus]

I take it you are involved in some sort of shady business dealings?

[giancarlo]

You could say I'm the number one man in the family?

[lucanus]

And this "family" is some sort of criminal syndicate?

[giancarlo]

Hey now. No specifics here. I don't want to break the code, or it's my ass.

[lucanus]

It was a rhetorical question, I can draw that conclusion easily from what you have already said.